UDC Law in Top 3 w Yale for Clinics

The University of the District of Columbia’s
David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) ranks third in the nation - according
to an article just published in the National Jurist’s January 2014 PreLaw
Magazine - for the amount of clinical legal educational opportunity per
full-time student. See http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/prelaw_2014winter/#/22

Since the 2008 economic downturn reduced the
market for traditional law firm jobs, critics of legal education have
increasingly questioned the practical value of typical academic legal
education. While more law schools are adding clinical opportunities, the
UDC-DCSL, D.C.’s public law school, and its predecessor, the Antioch School of
Law, have led the nation for decades by ensuring that every student has
multiple clinical courses. Although PreLaw Magazine places UDC-DCSL third in
the nation in this particular index, UDC remains the nation’s most clinical law
school by providing two seven- credit clinical courses for every student.
Students in the UDC-DCSL Part-Time program have the identical clinical
requirement.

In addition, with a perennial top-ten ranking in
the quality of its clinics and in-state tuition rates for full-time students of
$10,620 per year for D.C. residents and $21,240 for non-District residents, UDC
is by far the nation’s leader in clinical legal education value per tuition
dollar.

UDC-DCSL Dean Shelley Broderick said, "For prospective
law students who want to be able to ‘hit the ground running,’ and who cannot
afford high tuition - or who choose not to go deeply into debt - UDC’s
affordable, clinic-oriented curriculum is tough to beat. For prospective
students who not only want an affordable, hands-on legal education, but also
want to study law in a diverse and public-interest-oriented environment, UDC
David A. Clarke School of Law simply cannot be beat.”